The Humanity!

The Humanity is the word for today.
Every where we went, everything we saw was all about people. The people that Obama's campaign and ensuing presidency have brought out from all over the country and the world, we saw someone today that was here from France. He said he was here to see America finally make the best decision it had made in his entire life. He is 65 years old. He and his wife made this journey to see us. When is the last time you heard anything good about us coming from anyone from France?

People everywhere. Beyond compare was the look that we give each other. I can not explain it. As you walk down the streets of DC as you take in the sites you notice others looking at you and looking at the White House with such hope, such a knowing look in their eyes. A look that we all understand what is happening here on the 20th is something that will shake the world. We will all stand together on that day. We will hold our breath as the words are said. The words that for the first time will come from an African Americans mouth. "I do solemnly swear.." we will hear those words as we take a deep breath and let it out. Tears from our eyes will stream, our hands clasped over our hearts, taking pride in what we have come together to do. We have gone inside our hearts and opened a whole new place for the world to look upon. We can live with pride that we did this, each and everyone, for each other. For the hurting, poor, suffering, needy people. For our children and grandchildren. For the most and least of us. Even for those who do not believe or want change.
We voted for something we are not sure can happen, but as a people we have shown the capacity to believe in things we can not see. We feel it in our hearts.
I have been trying to restrain myself in fear of sounding like a crazed Obama supporter. But the truth be told, I can not hold it in because I see it everywhere. It surrounds me like a fog. A bright and shining 'thing' that sends chills down my spine and puts a song in my heart. Yeah that is really what it feels like. I start crying at any given moment because it is more than blind following. Maybe it has more to do with the people here than Obama. I think I am slowly coming to this conclusion. It is the humanity that inspires me.

We got up early, figured out the bus schedule and made the Metro. We did our thing in DC today and made it to the radio show. We actually transferd trains and made it to where we needed to go. Our legs were hurting so bad, OK, mostly mine I am getting old apparently. We let for the radio show about 2 hours early and when we got off the Metro the first thing we saw was someone getting pulled over and then we went to Wendy's to have a Frosty and the police were in there for an assault charge that just got done and there was a drunken man that kept coming up to the counter and asking for pickles and Katsup. For some reason we still felt safe and stayed. We went up to the radio station and met with Mark Thompson we had a wonderful time. I did not say a whole lot on the show, there was another guy on there and he was great to lisen to. Also there was a woman and her husband, he is a senator from PA. They are doing great work with HIV/AIDS. She is a great woman I will have to get her name later. She is a movie and TV star. Absolutly beautiful. And they are doing such wonderful work in the big cities.

We are up at 4AM tomorrow. I better get off to bed!

It is a new world tomorrow!